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Re: [foaf-protocols] Definition of WebID?

From: Daniel Renfer <duck@kronkltd.net>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 21:11:00 -0500
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=2QyqezjfDLZBThUkeGjj-rVX4pb52pbnww8o4@mail.gmail.com>
To: nathan@webr3.org
Cc: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>, foaf-protocols@lists.foaf-project.org, WebID XG <public-xg-webid@w3.org>
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Nathan <nathan@webr3.org> wrote:
> Melvin Carvalho wrote:
>>
>> On 5 February 2011 03:42, Daniel Renfer <duck@kronkltd.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Wouldn't the fact that it's able to access other resources imply that
>>> it is an Agent of some sort? The interpretation of what it takes to be
>>> an agent might need to be a bit broader then what it currently is.
>>
>> I havent considered all possibilities of this but let's take an example.
>>
>> An online account ( foaf : account ) has access to a bulletin board.
>
> a user X who holds Y has access to access to bulletin board Z ?
>
> it's not the account that has access, it's the account holder
>
>> Now AIUI an online account is normally disjoint from an Agent?
>

Wouldn't the agent part of the online account be the software that
runs the forum. The agent is then related to the user account by
{agent services account}

So the agent would be the running instance of the blogging software
running on a server providing services for a user account belonging to
another agent (person)
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